Overview

• At a festival press conference, Jolie said she loves the United States but does not recognize it right now and cautioned against limits on personal expression.
• The European premiere of Couture screened in competition at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, drawing large crowds to the Kursaal in heavy rain.
• Jolie reiterated that her 2013 preventive double mastectomy was her decision, noting that having the option matters for those confronting women’s cancers.
• In the film she plays Maxine, a director diagnosed with breast cancer, as co-star Louis Garrel underscored its focus on desire rather than a pitying tone.
• Her comments followed days after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel’s show from schedules following a station group’s planned preemptions, and the film had its world premiere at TIFF earlier this month.